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Lakshit moves up

Principal Correspondent

CHENNAI: On a day when majority of the matches were shifted to the synthetic courts of the SDAT-Nungambakkam Stadium, as the original venue — the Triangle Tennis Trust (Nandanam) clay courts, were not in ideal playing conditions it was tough going for the organisers in the India Cements-International Tennis Federation junior tournament here on Tuesday.

With the first day being washed out, the organisers were eager to complete as many matches as possible. India’s Lakshit Sood, top seed in the boys’ section, entered the third round — having received a bye in the first — with a comfortable 6-1, 6-4 victory over compatriot and qualifier Haddin Bawa. Due to inclement weather, the organisers haven’t ruled out using the Nungambakkam Stadium during the course of the championship.

Other results (Indians unless otherwise mentioned): Boys (second round): M. Naveen Sai bt M.A. Navin 7-6(3), 6-1.

First round: Haddin Bawa bt Devpriya Jaiswal 5-7, 6-1, 6-4; M.A. Navin bt Sai Teja Paladugu 6-2, 6-2; Vinod Gowda bt Ryoma Sloane (Nzl) 6-4, 6-2; Dineshkantha Thangarajah (SL) bt Neeraj Elangovan 6-4, 6-2; S. Kamal bt A.S. Aswin Nambi 3-6, 6-4, 4-2 (conceded); R. Ramkumar bt Sriram Gautam 7-5, 6-3; Elwin Antony bt Sameer Paranjape 4-6, 6-0, 7-5; Vishwajit Tirumurti bt Kunal Anand 6-2, 6-3; Siddharth Sivakumar bt Bibaswan Deb 7-5, 7-6(4); J. Mohit Mayur bt Pulok Bhattacharya 6-4, 6-3; Kaushal Mehta bt Jaisal Kohli Mariwala 6-2, 6-3; Irfan Hussain bt Sameer Patwardhan 6-3, 6-2; Prosenjit Paul bt P.S. Soorya Prasath 6-4, 6-3; Genki Hosoya (Jpn) bt Jatin Dahiya 7-6(2), 6-3.

Chetan Pandit bt C. Ravi Shankar 6-2, 6-0; Shikar Kapur bt Rakshay Thakkar 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Girls (first round): Ankita Bhatia bt Bhoomi Parmer 6-1, 6-1; Zainab Ali Sajjad bt Krishnali Bhonsle 6-0, 6-0; Shraddha Dali bt Maniya Nagpal 7-5, 6-4; Prarthana Thombare bt Padma Priya 6-2, 6-0; Elli Share (GBr) bt Rachita Sarda 6-4, 6-3.

Preethi Srinivasan bt Amla Warrick Amol 6-4, 6-1; Adnya Naik bt Pooja Narayana 6-1, 6-3; Arushi Sharma bt Cindana Manickavel 6-4, 6-2; Nimisha Mohan bt Maya Mahalingam 6-0, 6-2; Natasha Palha bt C. Rajeshwari 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; P. Sindhu Nila bt Yamini Reddy 6-2, 6-0; Manuela Gomes bt Preethi Ujjini 6-2, 6-2; Smriti Joon bt Shivani Singh 6-2, 6-3; Vaidehi Bhagvat bt Bhavana Suresh 7-5, 6-1.

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